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A red cross on a white field, the national flag in the canton. Barbados flag at Carifiesta 2018, Montreal. The flag of Barbados was designed by Grantley W. Prescod and was officially adopted to represent the nation of Barbados at midnight on 30 November 1966, the day the country gained independence. The flag was chosen as part of a nationwide ...
Barbados (UK: / bɑːrˈbeɪdɒs / bar-BAY-doss; US: / bɑːrˈbeɪdoʊs / bar-BAY-dohss; locally / bɑːrˈbeɪdəs / bar-BAY-dəss) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.
The island was briefly claimed by the Spanish Empire who saw trees with a beard like feature (hence the name Barbados), and then by Portugal from 1532 to 1620. The island was an English and later a British colony from 1625 until 1966. Sugar cane cultivation in Barbados began in the 1640s, which saw the increasing importation of black slaves ...
The broken trident is set in a centred vertical band of gold representing the sands of Barbados' beaches. The gold band itself is surrounded on both sides by vertical bands of ultramarine (blue) representing the sea and sky of Barbados. The design for the flag was created by Grantley W. Prescod and was chosen from an open competition arranged ...
The coast of Venezuela, South America and Barbados. Barbados' total land area is 439 km 2 (169.5 sq mi), [4] and it has a coastline of 97 km (60 mi) length. [5] The island is sometimes compared to a pear [6] or leg of mutton for its physical shape. Barbados has a maximum north–south length of 34 kilometres (21 mi) and a maximum east–west ...
Flag of the Colony of Barbados. A British Blue Ensign with an emblem of Barbados. 1958–1962. Flag of the West Indies Federation. 1870–1966. Flag of the governor of Barbados. A Union Jack with an emblem of Barbados in the centre surrounded by a laurel wreath. 1870–1966.
A collage of various national flags around the world (clockwise from top-left): The flag of Brazil being digitally drawn on a computer. The flag of Papua New Guinea on the patch of a soldier. A sports fan waving the flag of South Africa. Giant flag of Turkey made of Lego bricks. Flag of the United States on the moon during the Apollo 15 moon landing. Flags of the United Kingdom and India are ...
an island country. a nation state. a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations. Coastline: 97 km. Population of Barbados: 287,711 - 174th most populous country. Area of Barbados: 431 square kilometres (166 sq mi) - 199th largest country. Atlas of Barbados.